Hi Mike: You’re absolutely right (re “We cannot waver,” April 12). In for a penny or in for a pound. Being a little bit at war is like being a little bit pregnant. The rules of engagement were laid down nearly five years ago when a bunch of fanatics used […]
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Dear editor: Probably very few of the general public are aware of the fact that the Rainy River secondary school occasional teachers (supply teachers) are on strike against the local public school board. Probably even fewer care that they have been working without a contract since August, 2004. They are […]
Edward James Ward, 92, of St Andrew’s Centre, Edmonton, Alta., passed away peacefully and in faith on Friday, April 7, 2006. Edward was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Lorreto Ward; parents, Edward and Edith Ward; and siblings, Margaret Oster, Thomas Ward, Sidney Ward, and Martha Reynolds. Edward, although without children […]
It is with great sorrow that the family announces the passing of Francis Allan Haw, 70, of Fire Lake, Ont., on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. Francis was born Nov. 30, 1935 in Shenston Township, Ont. to the late Allan and Isabel Haw. […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their beloved father, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Harold Peterson, into the hands of God on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont. Harold was born in 1918 in Saskatchewan and then […]
Ingrid Arlene Stevenson passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at home in Fort Frances, Ont. with family after a long and courageous battle against ovarian cancer. Ingrid was born Feb. 15, 1952 in Kenora, Ont. She was predeceased by her parents, Roald and Joan Stevenson. She is survived by her […]
Peacefully with her family at her side, Mabel Delores Bruyere passed away Thursday, April 13, 2006 in her home on Couchiching First Nation. Mabel was born Sept. 23, 1941 in Fort Frances, Ont. and remained living on Couchiching First Nation for her entire life. Mabel was married to her one […]
BROWN–Born to Jeff and Tracy, nee Nielson, of Barwick, Ont., a boy, Ryder Jeffery Evan, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on April 7, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Harry Kilner, 80, of Stratton, Ont., passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born March 8, 1926 in Thorburn, N.S. to the late Harry and Elizabeth Kilner. Harry’s family moved to Cambridge, Ont. when Harry was very young. […]
It’s easy, sitting here, to say Canadian soldiers should be fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan—putting their lives at risk in order to make our world a safer place. It may be another matter entirely if it was our sons or daughters who didn’t know when a suicide bomber will strike […]
Dear editor: I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all the members of my choir, the “Choraliers.” This is a community and area choir made up of volunteers from all walks of life. Many of us have been together for about 12 years (it’s hard to keep […]
Dear Mr. Editor: Thanks to the outrageous closed-door policy and hidden agendas of our elected town council, every taxpayer reading this is in serious trouble. The action of a few councillors to ram the purchase of the old Fort Frances Clinic, and asking the Ministry of Health to impose rostering […]
